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In other words, I can't really be mad at a snake for being a snake; that's just their nature.
Being angry at a snake for being a snake doesn't really make sense because that's what they are, and they won't change.
In non-scientific contexts especially, however, metaphor can be used to persuade and manipulate, tapping into positive or negative emotions and networks of associated ideas in the listener, as when a public figure is accused of being "a snake in the grass," or the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is dubbed "Obama's Katrina".
A grandfather in India is beng accused of being a snake of a different sort.
Like Natural Born Killers, you're blaming for being a snake in a snakepit.
With the racist history of Asian women being cast as Dragon Ladies, Nagini being a snake... helping a fascist kill people then getting her head lopped off without anyone knowing she's a human.
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He was accused of being a snake-oil salesman, responsible for luring Israelis into the false belief that they had a peace partner.
Worse, he accused Cramer of being a snake-oil salesman and suggested that he and his colleagues at CNBC were responsible for cheerleading Wall Street shenanigans that wrecked the investments of millions.
You're a snake".
It is a snake.
Because he is a snake.
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